George, Thanks for posting that. Once I start working more with RAW, it may be worthwhile to take CS2 for a rest ride.
I heard that the converter in Elements 3.0 is the same. Do you know if that's correct? Shel > [Original Message] > From: George Sinos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 9/9/2005 4:38:33 PM > Subject: Re: Fried Highlights > > There are a lot of differences between CS and CS2. Of these there are > a few I use often: > > You can straighten and crop an image in Camera Raw, these changes are > non-destructive and are stored in the DNG file. > > The major camera raw sliders all now have an "auto" setting. For most > of the stuff I shoot, they are usually in the ballpark and I only have > to tweak things just a bit. At a minimum, it's interesting to see > what adjustments Adobe's engineers thought should be made before I > depart on my own adjustment adventure. > > The batch processing is a big step forward. Once you kick off a batch > of raw conversions, you can switch over to photoshop and start working > while the conversion completes in the background. This is a big time > saver. > > The image processor is great, you can select a bunch of raw files and > tell it you want a set of TIFFs and a set of JPGs of different or the > same resolution and it will go off and convert the whole bunch for > you. (This was previously a script called Dr. Brown's something or > other. Now it's built in.) > > Bridge replaces the old file browser and is a separate application. > It's a huge step forward and makes it much easier to review files with > several customizable options. > > I've almost completely switched over to Smart Sharpen and seldom use > Unsharp Mask. Smart sharpen let's you set different amounts for > highlights, midtones and shadows, includes a bit of noise reduction > and has a few other options. You can name and save combinations of > settings and load them later to be used with other images. > > I've used the lens correction feature several times to correct barrel > distortion. > > They've finally moved the spot healing brush and red eye removal tools > into CS2. Both were in previous versions of Photoshop Elements. > > Those are only the additions that I commonly use. I wouldn't want to > go back to CS. > > I'll also add my endorsement (whatever that's worth) of the Real World > Adobe Camera Raw book. Quite a bit was rewritten in the CS2 version > to accommodate the new features. > > See you later, gs > <http://www.georgesphotos.net> > > On 9/9/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know about "greatly superior," although I've heard it's better. > > Unfortunately, I've not heard how it's better, and have not seen any > > comparisons any where. > > > > IAC, the free trial is the way to go first, IMO, and getting the program as > > an upgrade may be a better way still. > > > > Shel > > > > > From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > That may be true strictly for photo editing. But from all I hear > > > the raw converter in CS2 is greatly superior to that in CS > > > > > >
